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admin — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 20:14:36 +0000

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It’s friday and we’re wrapping up the week with some serious food for thought. Take a look at the postings on the tools below. We had soe fantastic contributions this week. Be sure to share and download the Boolean Bar. It’s free and impactful.

Tools and techniques for the Social Recruiter:

100 + Boolean Searches free in our Toolbar!: http://bit.ly/cRguVj

Sourcing resumes with CraigsPal: http://bit.ly/cPqf5O

LeadResearcher Pro via Sourcer Kelly: http://bit.ly/c0vgmo

5 Recruitment tools recruiters need to consider: http://bit.ly/bjCxw4

The Recruiting Carnival is returning. Here are a few of the more popular articles from last time:

3 Elements of a world class marketing call via Mike Ramer: http://bit.ly/ccr1sd

Gonzo Sourcing and the Evolution of Online Social Networks via Shally Steckerl: http://bit.ly/a6NtZI

Deep into the Web: A brief guide for Recruiters via Irina Shamaeva: http://bit.ly/95OEWj

Don’t be stuck without free sourcing tools

Check out our new Boolean Bar with more than 100 pre-constructed Boolean searches for recruiters. Just change out the keywords, location etc. to fit your search!

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Sweat, BO, and Recruiting

admin — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 05:00:32 +0000

There are things we don’t really talk about that we probably really need to talk about as recruiters.

For example, you’re sitting across the way from a candidate who is sweating profusely.

Let’s rewind to before you realize he’s sweating profusely though. The chap has an awesome resume – maybe he was even referred to you by a trusted source. You spoke to him on the phone and a five minute conversation was enough for you to realize that he’s a smart cookie. You’re looking him up on Facebook as you’re chatting. You don’t see anything scary while you’re on the phone so you invite him to meet with you. You greet him in the lobby and notice a slightly clammy handshake. No problem – we all get a little nervous. Five minutes, eight minutes, 14 minutes into the interview, you realize that it’s just not a sheen you’re seeing on his face – he’s sweating. Profusely sweating. And you begin watching the sweat beads roll down his forehead. The sweat has even gathered around his shirt collar which almost appears as if it is bleeding with the top half of his collar, the part touching his neck, darker than the rest of his collar because of the sweat dripping off of his noggin. (As I write this, I’m thinking in particular about this one candidate who was wearing a red collared shirt. The visual was made even worse as a result.)

With this sweating candidate, you take a quick break to look away from him – maybe you look down at his resume and out of corner of your eye, you see him quickly trying to wipe the sweat beads away. Or maybe you stop at another point to look at your computer saying that you need to look at the schedule to double check who he is to meet with after you – and in the reflection of your monitor, you can see that he is fanning himself with his papers. He knows that he is a sweaty mess. You know that he’s sweating. And pretty much, it’s at the point where it’s no longer possible for the situation to not be awkward. He’s uncomfortable, you’re a little grossed out. So at that point, what do you say? What are you supposed to do?

I’m a nice gal, for the most part. But I don’t like looking at people with sweat beads rolling down their foreheads. Neither do you. And it’s highly likely that your hiring manager isn’t going to like it either. But your inner HR angel says it’s wrong to judge. Maybe the sweat is related to a health condition, which takes you down the path of whether you’re discriminating against him. At which point, you have a few options:

a) Let him flounder, sweaty mess and all.
b) Hand him a tissue.
c) Ask him if he wants a break for water or the restroom.
d) Abandon ship and call it quits. You can’t have a sweater working for you.
e) Fill in the blank…

Thousands of interviews under my belt, I still am stopped in my tracks when faced with a profuse sweater. Depending on the person, I might go for option c, d, or e… but it’s never not awkward, folks. At least for me. But I will say this wholeheartedly – these are the kinds of things we need to discuss. As recruiters, there are lessons I think we need to pass down to junior recruiting pros including the exit strategies we’ve devised over the years. (There’s that good ole.. “I think we have some scheduling difficulties. Crap! No one else can meet with you today! I am so sorry!”) And for candidates,… well, the truth hurts sometimes but what hurts even worse is you not getting a job because you don’t realize how distracting and off putting something seemingly simple like sweat can be. I’d rather you be embarrassed as you read this, learn from it and land that job because the alternative is you sitting there clueless about what went wrong in your interview.

So what else are we not talking about? Body odor. Overwhelming cologne. Slutty interview outfit. Too much makeup. I know you’ve got some good ones to share in the comments – and while you’re at it, hit the comments with world famous exit strategies because somethings, we need to just put on the table.
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About Jessica:

Jessica Lee is an Employment Manager for APCO Worldwide, a global PR firm in D.C. Like most upscale HR pros, she spends half of her time on recruiting, the other half on ER, Training and OD. When she’s not hammering a candidate to determine Motivational Fit, she’s updating her spreadsheet to determine her lifetime “time to hire” and “cost per fill.” See Jessica’s Riffs and Rants on Fistful of Talent by clicking here…

Talk to Jessica via Email, LinkedIn, Twitter or Facebook…

Violin on the DC Metro? Joshua Bell

admin — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 03:52:11 +0000

Friday is finally here! It’s been a long week and what better way to end it than with a story of inspiration. I work with Kenexa Technologies and each day Rudy Karson the Found and CEO distributes a thought of the day to the entire company. Most time the thought is from him directly while other times he passes on some great thoughts from employees.

This particular thought came from Yvette Moncrieffe. You can view her profile here on LinkedIn. I highly recommend to connect with her.

The story raises an interesting point: Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context? This video has nothing to do with recruiting. But if you apply the core meaning you’ll see that it does.

So I ask you: Do you recognize talent in unexpected contexts? Be Unique.

It’s a true story and can be read in full via the Washington Post HERE or viewed below as seen on YouTube. Enjoy.

A Violinist in the Metro

A man sat at a metro station in Washington DC and started to play the violin; it was a cold January morning. He played six Bach pieces for about 45 minutes. During that time, since it was rush hour, it was calculated that thousand of people went through the station, most of them on their way to work.

Three minutes went by and a middle aged man noticed there was musician playing. He slowed his pace and stopped for a few seconds and then hurried up to meet his schedule.

A minute later, the violinist received his first dollar tip: a woman threw the money in the till and without stopping continued to walk.

A few minutes later, someone leaned against the wall to listen to him, but the man looked at his watch and started to walk again. Clearly he was late for work.

The one who paid the most attention was a 3 year old boy. His mother tagged him along, hurried but the kid stopped to look at the violinist. Finally the mother pushed hard and the child continued to walk turning his head all the time. This action was repeated by several other children. All the parents, without exception, forced them to move on.

In the 45 minutes the musician played, only 6 people stopped and stayed for a while. About 20 gave him money but continued to walk their normal pace. He collected $32. When he finished playing and silence took over, no one noticed it. No one applauded, nor was there any recognition.

No one knew this but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. He played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.

Two days before his playing in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out at a theater in Boston and the seats average $100

This is a real story. Joshua Bell playing incognito in the metro station was organized by the Washington Post as part of an social experiment about perception, taste and priorities of people. The outlines were: in a commonplace environment at an inappropriate hour: Do we perceive beauty? Do we stop to appreciate it? Do we recognize the talent in an unexpected context?

One of the possible conclusions from this experience could be:

If we do not have a moment to stop and listen to one of the best musicians in the world playing the best music ever written, how many other things are we missing?

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Philadelphia Eagles – Friday Fun

admin — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 17:59:56 +0000

Step 1: Turn Your Speakers Up Loud!

Step 2: Philadelphia Fans – Smile

If you haven’t been able to tell from previous posts and/or conversations we may have had, I am Philadelphian born and raised. This week marks the end of the road for those Pesky New York Giants. Enjoy and be sure to check out the Social Media Round Forum being held 1/20/09 at Maggiano’s in KOP outside of Philadelphia. (If you are local.)

Keep in mind we will soon be announcing dates for New York, Chicago and San Francisco as well.

Why? Just watch below….

All Comments welcomed..Even from 3 Giants Fans…

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qe5B8W8ZyR4&feature=PlayList&p=351F55EC702CBE2C&index=0&playnext=1[/youtube]

TeacherTube!

admin — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 17:34:03 +0000

Happy Holidays! Here is a quick little post to keep things warm. I am on vacation and will begin regular posting again next week. So, here is an off the wall recruiting tip regarding sourcing for education professionals. With the passing of the recent elections, I have been hearing a lot of talk surrounding education and how can we recruit and develop strong educators. Well, I can’t really help with the development of our educators, but I can spend a few minutes to share a great way to locate and network with some great teachers.

If this happens to be your field of recruitment I would highly suggest checking out Shally at JobMachine and read his post regarding education searching using some great Boolean strings. He really sheds some light for you on using honor societies and some great keywords as well.

I do however want to share a pretty neat tool I came across while online with my wife who is a teacher. It’s called TeacherTube! Yes, it’s very similar to YouTube but it’s strictly education. Watch real educators teach lessons to students and listen to unique and creative ways they are implementing these strategies in the classroom.

Tip: Poke around a bit. It’s not flooded with them, but if you hit the right channels you will find some how to videos in other professional like software development.

I’ll see you all next week!

Ryan

Friday Fun – Mr. Duey – The rapping Teacher – Impropper Fractions

** I know this post is about TeacherTube – BUT WordPress does not allow video clips from this site yet – so here is the same channel duplicated on YouTbe.

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Friday Fun

admin — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 20:50:00 +0000

Howdy there – each Friday CruiterTalk will feature a segment call Friday Fun. A time to share some light news, fun links etc. Please feel free to pass anything on and I will include a link back to you for your submission.

So, lets have some search engine fun today… Check it out below. You can also view the full site for the entire battle at: searchenginerapbattle.com

Philadelphia Eagles – Friday Fun